Back Peak of Qingcheng Mountain
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ECW22
London, UK184 contributions
Apr 2024 • Family
Much more atmospheric than the main mountain. Less crowded too!
We started at the further gate (along the river), we hiked to the tiny cable car, then to the temple at the top and then back. It was tough! A lot of stairs! I consider myself reasonably fit, but my legs still ached days later!
It was one of the best experiences in China. Sublime landscape!
We started at the further gate (along the river), we hiked to the tiny cable car, then to the temple at the top and then back. It was tough! A lot of stairs! I consider myself reasonably fit, but my legs still ached days later!
It was one of the best experiences in China. Sublime landscape!
Written April 11, 2024
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Bondersan
Ottawa, Canada138 contributions
Jun 2014 • Friends
This is a beautiful park. Interesting. Panoramic. Waterfalls. Placid lakes. Strenuous uphill climbs. Cable cars.
You can see the back of Qingcheng Mountain and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System in one day. We did it. But, I don't recommend doing it the way we did...here's the story with some interesting tid bits thrown in for your amusement.
We started in Chengdu. We took the bullet train to Dujiangyan. The 8:30 train out of Chengdu. It's inexpensive: 15RMB return. The train is clean, quiet and fast once you get out of Chengdu. Recommendations: buy your ticket in advance; get there a bit early; there are few English speakers there. Expect to get airport style inspection of your luggage and person. Make sure the ticket you buy give you a seat. One person in our party got a ticket with "no seat" and had to stand for the entire time.
We went to the Dujiangyan Irrigation System because one person in our group only had a morning to spare and wanted to the the Irrigation System. There's many people who have posted itineraries where they saw the Irrigation System (DIS) in the afternoon. You should do that too...(see my review of DIS)
From the DIS you can take bus #101 to Qingcheng Mountain. Everybody says it does. And it does. But we didn't realize it *only* takes you to the "front" side of the mountain. If you're interested in that, take the #101. But if you arrive a 1:30pm like we did, expect a huge line for the golf-cart style shuttle from the bus stop/parking lot to the trail head. We opted out and decided to find our way to the back of the mountain. If you're going to follow our "see DIS first" itenerary, take #101 to the front of the mountain. Make sure you have instructions in Chinese for a taxi driver to take you to the back of the mountain. We didn't do that because we didn't know we needed to. There were almost no English speakers in the parking lot....but the taxi drivers can smell money a mile away and eventually dragged some poor woman over to us and made her translate. Result? 30minute taxi ride to the back side for 100RMB.
Of course, when we got there, he just dumped us off on the side of the road. Go to the Tourist Centre. Get a map. Make sure it has the cable cars marked on the map. If it doesn't, ask them to show you where they are.
When you look at the map, you'll basically see 3 loops. The bottom loop is bisected vertically by a cable car. The middle loop is bisected diagonally from the lower left to the upper right. There cable cars cost 30RMB and 45RMB, respectively , one-way.
Our initial plan was to walk up the left side of the 3 loops to the top. You'll see others have posted that this is a 1.5hr trek. Those people must be in better shape than me and must have done it on a day when there were few people. Anyway, we were going to go that way, but the Tourist Information people said it would take more like 3hrs. We had some trouble finding the trail head and the people we talked to said it would really take 6 hours. Since we only had 4hrs we changed plans and decided to take the cable cars to the top. Sort of a zig-zag: up the first, jog left, up the second, jog left again and up to the top. Unfortunately, when we got of the first one we got turned around and instead of jogging left, we went right.
That hike from the top of the first cable car to the right, across the lake and up to the top of the second cable car took ~2hrs. The trails were pretty busy.
That brings up a point to consider. You really should dress appropriately for this hike. I mean, high heeled platform shoes are not really what you want for this. Never-the-less, there were a *LOT* of women wearing this attire. More on that latter...But, even more importantly, hold your kid's hand. There's pretty steep drop offs along these trails. And the "plank walkways" have gaps big enough for a child's let to slip through. Remember, as my boss says, "there's a billion people in China and none of are going to look out for you"
Anyway, at the top of the second cable car we decided we didn't have time to get all the way to the top and still make it down for a 6:30 train. So, we wisely decided to take the cable cars down. We got on at the top of the second cable car at 5:15. At that point I figured we wouldn't make the train, but figured we'd get down no problem.
THE.TICKET.OFFICES.CLOSE.AT 5PM.SHARP!!! Keep that in mind. We, mistakenly thought as we stood in line for the cable car at the top of the middle loop, "there's 150 people behind us in line and they all need a ride on the next cable car, we'll be able to get on no problem!". Wrong. The bottom cable car ticket office was closed. So we had to walk...
We ended up going down the trail we originally intended to climb up. It took 2hrs. I'm sure it would have taken much longer going up because it is pretty steep. It was about half way down we passed a young couple. I'll never forget them because she was wearing very high platform shoes and an equally short tight hot-pink miniskirt. I just had to think, there's no way you're going to live to tell this tail...more on that later...
Anyway, we got to the bottom. The trail is wonderful. Water falls. Fast flowing streams. The water is icy cold, so don't fall in.
When you get to the bottom, pass thru the "ancient" village. And follow the main road past the Tourist Information (on your right) until you find the parking lot with all the small-ish goldy/beige buses. Get on, pay the 15RMB and they'll take you right to the train station. We got there at 8pm for our 6:30 train. The taxi driver you have to walk past will tell you there's no more trains. They're lying. The last train is at 9:45. Don't miss that one because the next one is at 8am. I don't know what the going rate is for a taxi to Chengdu, but after the last train, I'm sure it goes up.
As I was waiting, guess who strolled into the train station, arm-in-arm with her boy friend? the girl in the pink skirt. Smiling and joking no less. I mean, their relationship could have died on that mountain...I'm sure my wife and I would have had words if she had been dressed like that...I was pleased they made it and were still in love after visiting the sacred mountain.
If you go, enjoy the mountain. Especially enjoy the cable car with your sweetheart :-). Make sure you don't miss the last cable car and certainly don't miss the last train.
All this to say, see Qingcheng first. Then if you have time, see Dujiangyan Irrigation System. If you miss the DIS, you're not missing much IMHO.
You can see the back of Qingcheng Mountain and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System in one day. We did it. But, I don't recommend doing it the way we did...here's the story with some interesting tid bits thrown in for your amusement.
We started in Chengdu. We took the bullet train to Dujiangyan. The 8:30 train out of Chengdu. It's inexpensive: 15RMB return. The train is clean, quiet and fast once you get out of Chengdu. Recommendations: buy your ticket in advance; get there a bit early; there are few English speakers there. Expect to get airport style inspection of your luggage and person. Make sure the ticket you buy give you a seat. One person in our party got a ticket with "no seat" and had to stand for the entire time.
We went to the Dujiangyan Irrigation System because one person in our group only had a morning to spare and wanted to the the Irrigation System. There's many people who have posted itineraries where they saw the Irrigation System (DIS) in the afternoon. You should do that too...(see my review of DIS)
From the DIS you can take bus #101 to Qingcheng Mountain. Everybody says it does. And it does. But we didn't realize it *only* takes you to the "front" side of the mountain. If you're interested in that, take the #101. But if you arrive a 1:30pm like we did, expect a huge line for the golf-cart style shuttle from the bus stop/parking lot to the trail head. We opted out and decided to find our way to the back of the mountain. If you're going to follow our "see DIS first" itenerary, take #101 to the front of the mountain. Make sure you have instructions in Chinese for a taxi driver to take you to the back of the mountain. We didn't do that because we didn't know we needed to. There were almost no English speakers in the parking lot....but the taxi drivers can smell money a mile away and eventually dragged some poor woman over to us and made her translate. Result? 30minute taxi ride to the back side for 100RMB.
Of course, when we got there, he just dumped us off on the side of the road. Go to the Tourist Centre. Get a map. Make sure it has the cable cars marked on the map. If it doesn't, ask them to show you where they are.
When you look at the map, you'll basically see 3 loops. The bottom loop is bisected vertically by a cable car. The middle loop is bisected diagonally from the lower left to the upper right. There cable cars cost 30RMB and 45RMB, respectively , one-way.
Our initial plan was to walk up the left side of the 3 loops to the top. You'll see others have posted that this is a 1.5hr trek. Those people must be in better shape than me and must have done it on a day when there were few people. Anyway, we were going to go that way, but the Tourist Information people said it would take more like 3hrs. We had some trouble finding the trail head and the people we talked to said it would really take 6 hours. Since we only had 4hrs we changed plans and decided to take the cable cars to the top. Sort of a zig-zag: up the first, jog left, up the second, jog left again and up to the top. Unfortunately, when we got of the first one we got turned around and instead of jogging left, we went right.
That hike from the top of the first cable car to the right, across the lake and up to the top of the second cable car took ~2hrs. The trails were pretty busy.
That brings up a point to consider. You really should dress appropriately for this hike. I mean, high heeled platform shoes are not really what you want for this. Never-the-less, there were a *LOT* of women wearing this attire. More on that latter...But, even more importantly, hold your kid's hand. There's pretty steep drop offs along these trails. And the "plank walkways" have gaps big enough for a child's let to slip through. Remember, as my boss says, "there's a billion people in China and none of are going to look out for you"
Anyway, at the top of the second cable car we decided we didn't have time to get all the way to the top and still make it down for a 6:30 train. So, we wisely decided to take the cable cars down. We got on at the top of the second cable car at 5:15. At that point I figured we wouldn't make the train, but figured we'd get down no problem.
THE.TICKET.OFFICES.CLOSE.AT 5PM.SHARP!!! Keep that in mind. We, mistakenly thought as we stood in line for the cable car at the top of the middle loop, "there's 150 people behind us in line and they all need a ride on the next cable car, we'll be able to get on no problem!". Wrong. The bottom cable car ticket office was closed. So we had to walk...
We ended up going down the trail we originally intended to climb up. It took 2hrs. I'm sure it would have taken much longer going up because it is pretty steep. It was about half way down we passed a young couple. I'll never forget them because she was wearing very high platform shoes and an equally short tight hot-pink miniskirt. I just had to think, there's no way you're going to live to tell this tail...more on that later...
Anyway, we got to the bottom. The trail is wonderful. Water falls. Fast flowing streams. The water is icy cold, so don't fall in.
When you get to the bottom, pass thru the "ancient" village. And follow the main road past the Tourist Information (on your right) until you find the parking lot with all the small-ish goldy/beige buses. Get on, pay the 15RMB and they'll take you right to the train station. We got there at 8pm for our 6:30 train. The taxi driver you have to walk past will tell you there's no more trains. They're lying. The last train is at 9:45. Don't miss that one because the next one is at 8am. I don't know what the going rate is for a taxi to Chengdu, but after the last train, I'm sure it goes up.
As I was waiting, guess who strolled into the train station, arm-in-arm with her boy friend? the girl in the pink skirt. Smiling and joking no less. I mean, their relationship could have died on that mountain...I'm sure my wife and I would have had words if she had been dressed like that...I was pleased they made it and were still in love after visiting the sacred mountain.
If you go, enjoy the mountain. Especially enjoy the cable car with your sweetheart :-). Make sure you don't miss the last cable car and certainly don't miss the last train.
All this to say, see Qingcheng first. Then if you have time, see Dujiangyan Irrigation System. If you miss the DIS, you're not missing much IMHO.
Written June 28, 2014
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Syberknight99
16 contributions
Nov 2019
You must be fit to tackle the hike to the submit. There are various routes but the even with cable car you need to hike up for about 1/2 hour and then reaching the top you still need to hike up another 45-60mins to the submit to the main temple at top. Plenty of eatery and drink stalls to rest. Boat ride in lake is short but nice.
Written November 6, 2019
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Tony Z
972 contributions
Jun 2019
If you love tranquility offered by nature, this is the place to go and even spend a whole weekend. It’s nearly 2 hours drive from Chengdu city center. When you arrive there, you can hike or take cable cars (two separate trips) to the top. The view is phenomenal and you have to experience it yourself.
Written July 3, 2019
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Fess S
Tucson, AZ375 contributions
Jun 2019 • Solo
I took the tourist shuttle bus from near the Qīngchéng Shān train station for CNY 25 roundtrip to the park entrance. The entrance fee is CNY 20. I then walked 1.3km on the road to hike up the west side of the mountain first. The route is on maps.me. The highest point of the hike is at White Cloud Temple(Báiyún Temple) which is about 1600 meters and the highest point of the hike. I continued in a circle and didn't use the two cable cars but you could. There is no path to the Yinghua summit which is 2128 meters. The whole hike from where the tourist bus dropped me and back to the bus took me under 5 hours although I walked quite fast. The tourist bus took near 40 minutes.
Written June 2, 2019
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TJX05
Singapore, Singapore594 contributions
Nov 2017 • Couples
You can get to the main entrance of this mountain from the QingChengShan high speed train station. The return tickets for the minibus ride is CNY25 taking about 45 minutes getting to the entrance.
There is another CNY20 admission fee and another CNY5 for insurance. Walking further will reach the base of the cable car station. Fee is CNY30 one way.
Up there is a village where you can have lunch or dinner. In fact at the base of the mountain, you will be approached by restaurant operators to dine at their restaurant at the base or up in the mountain.
We opted to dine up at the village so this lady gave us a ride to the base of the cable car station. Her dad was waiting for us up there to pick us up for a ride to the base of the village. It was a good arrangement as the road was muddy and road works were taking place. We still had to walk up flights of stairs to the village where there are several restaurants up there. Prices are slightly more expensive up there but for the convenience, it was a deal.
It was a hike down the mountain after that passing streams and waterfalls and stone bridges. Some parts are very narrow and everywhere is very slippery.
At the base of the mountain is another ancient town. Once out of this town at the restaurant carpark, the minibuses are waiting to take you back to the high speed train station.
Expect to spend at least half a day if not even longer to enjoy this nature park up and down the mountain. If you go during the peak season, you can expect to get stuck everywhere with those narrow bridges and passages. Be prepared.
By the way, bus 101 from the scenic area of Dujiangyan will pass by the high speed train station before reaching the main entrance of the front mountain of QingchengShan. Of course expect to pay more for entrance fee and cable car ride up the front mountain which is a different attraction altogether.
There is another CNY20 admission fee and another CNY5 for insurance. Walking further will reach the base of the cable car station. Fee is CNY30 one way.
Up there is a village where you can have lunch or dinner. In fact at the base of the mountain, you will be approached by restaurant operators to dine at their restaurant at the base or up in the mountain.
We opted to dine up at the village so this lady gave us a ride to the base of the cable car station. Her dad was waiting for us up there to pick us up for a ride to the base of the village. It was a good arrangement as the road was muddy and road works were taking place. We still had to walk up flights of stairs to the village where there are several restaurants up there. Prices are slightly more expensive up there but for the convenience, it was a deal.
It was a hike down the mountain after that passing streams and waterfalls and stone bridges. Some parts are very narrow and everywhere is very slippery.
At the base of the mountain is another ancient town. Once out of this town at the restaurant carpark, the minibuses are waiting to take you back to the high speed train station.
Expect to spend at least half a day if not even longer to enjoy this nature park up and down the mountain. If you go during the peak season, you can expect to get stuck everywhere with those narrow bridges and passages. Be prepared.
By the way, bus 101 from the scenic area of Dujiangyan will pass by the high speed train station before reaching the main entrance of the front mountain of QingchengShan. Of course expect to pay more for entrance fee and cable car ride up the front mountain which is a different attraction altogether.
Written November 29, 2017
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Travel-planner-mum
Singapore, Singapore114 contributions
Dec 2016 • Family
We took the cable car up. The open cable car is fun, nice views. The walk down from mid way through the gorge is lovely, really beautiful views. Highly recommended.
Written December 31, 2016
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Vita_Michael
Hong Kong, China13 contributions
Dec 2018 • Family
We enjoyed the walk, the air, the scenic view .... It's a leisure walk. We didn't feel tired as the scenic views are so pretty even it's winter.
Written February 19, 2019
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Lisa M
N. Weymouth7 contributions
Sep 2018
The scenery on this mountain was absolutely beautiful. We made it to the top and the walk down with all the waterfalls was stunning. I took tons of pictures so I could remember it all.
Written December 20, 2018
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blee282
Singapore, Singapore229 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
Cooling & refreshing to do the site walk but it needs your energy and leg strength to walk up to the top but worth it. Wear proper shoes so it will not cause pain to it. Was welcome by the musical movie dance at entrance which was splendid for those who love it.
Written April 11, 2017
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